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Augustine: On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings

by Peter King ...

Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
The works translated here deal with two major themes in the thinking of St Augustine (354–430): free will and divine grace. On the one hand, free will enables human beings to make their own choices; on the other hand, God's grace is required for these choices to be efficacious. 'On the Free Choice of the Will', 'On Grace and Free Choice', 'On Reprimand and Grace' and 'On the Gift of Perseverance' ... Read more

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The works translated here deal with two major themes in the thinking of St Augustine (354–430): free will and divine grace. On the one hand, free will enables human beings to make their own choices; on the other hand, God's grace is required for these choices to be efficacious. 'On the Free Choice of the Will', 'On Grace and Free Choice', 'On Reprimand and Grace' and 'On the Gift of Perseverance'
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Relationship with God - Putting it all Together Session 1

Relationship With God, #22

by Jesus (AJ Miller) ...

Series Book 22 - Relationship With God
Jesus describes the five basics required for progression towards God – love, truth, humility, faith, and will. He discusses the soul condition and soul progression of members of the audience, and how to overcome fear, which is the major impediment to soul growth.Document source filename: 20130810 Relationship With God - Putting It All Together S1.This ebook is a transcript of a seminar delivered ... Read more

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Jesus describes the five basics required for progression towards God – love, truth, humility, faith, and will. He discusses the soul condition and soul progression of members of the audience, and how to overcome fear, which is the major impediment to soul growth.Document source filename: 20130810 Relationship With God - Putting It All Together S1.This ebook is a transcript of a seminar delivered
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Modern Inquisitions

Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World

by Irene Silverblatt, Walter D. Mignolo, Sonia Saldívar-Hull ...

Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
Trying to understand how “civilized” people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bureaucratic rule, racial superiority, and appeals to rationality. Modern Inquisitions takes Arendt’s insights into the barbaric underside of Western civilization and moves them back to the sixteenth ... Read more

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Trying to understand how “civilized” people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bureaucratic rule, racial superiority, and appeals to rationality. Modern Inquisitions takes Arendt’s insights into the barbaric underside of Western civilization and moves them back to the sixteenth
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Magic in Merlin's Realm

A History of Occult Politics in Britain

by Francis Young ...

Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth ... Read more

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Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth
... Read more
But If Not

588 Days Living with Cancer

by Brenda Pue, Carson Pue ...

Brenda Pue was a remarkable woman and it is not surprising that this account of her last days is equally remarkable. You often hear it said that someone lost their battle with cancer. To read this book is not to read of any "Lost" battle. In fact, to read it is to learn of a victory, with a splendid and defiant note of triumph. In her life Brenda was a woman who inspired many. You will find this ... Read more

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Brenda Pue was a remarkable woman and it is not surprising that this account of her last days is equally remarkable. You often hear it said that someone lost their battle with cancer. To read this book is not to read of any "Lost" battle. In fact, to read it is to learn of a victory, with a splendid and defiant note of triumph. In her life Brenda was a woman who inspired many. You will find this
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The Egyptian Origin of Christianity

by Lisa Ann Bargeman ...

A breakthrough book affecting the scientific, religious and literary communities, The Egyptian Origin of Christianity is a comprehensive look at the history of religion through the Literary Canon. As a culmination of years of research, this book fills the gaps between modern and ancient religious thought, providing us with the most valuable view of the Egyptian religion to date when compared with ... Read more

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A breakthrough book affecting the scientific, religious and literary communities, The Egyptian Origin of Christianity is a comprehensive look at the history of religion through the Literary Canon. As a culmination of years of research, this book fills the gaps between modern and ancient religious thought, providing us with the most valuable view of the Egyptian religion to date when compared with
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The Last Christians

Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resilience in the Middle East

by Andreas Knapp ...

Translated by Sharon Howe ...

A Westerner’s travels among the persecuted and displaced Christian remnant in Iraq and Syria teach him much about faith under fire.Gold Medal Winner, 2018 IPPY Book of the Year AwardSilver Medal Winner, 2018 Benjamin Franklin AwardFinalist, 2018 ECPA Christian Book AwardInside Syria and Iraq, and even along the refugee trail, they’re a religious minority persecuted for their C... ... Read more

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A Westerner’s travels among the persecuted and displaced Christian remnant in Iraq and Syria teach him much about faith under fire.Gold Medal Winner, 2018 IPPY Book of the Year AwardSilver Medal Winner, 2018 Benjamin Franklin AwardFinalist, 2018 ECPA Christian Book AwardInside Syria and Iraq, and even along the refugee trail, they’re a religious minority persecuted for their C...
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The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion

Edited by John Hinnells ...

Series series Routledge Religion Companions
The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion is a major resource for courses in Religious Studies. It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches to religion, including psychology, philosophy, anthropology and comparative study, before moving on to explore a wide variety of critical issues, such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements. ... Read more

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The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion is a major resource for courses in Religious Studies. It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches to religion, including psychology, philosophy, anthropology and comparative study, before moving on to explore a wide variety of critical issues, such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements.
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The 'Metaphysica' of Avicenna (ibn Sīnā)

A critical translation-commentary and analysis of the fundamental arguments in Avicenna's 'Metaphysica' in the 'Dānish Nāma-i 'alā'ī' ('The Book of Scientific Knowledge')

by Parviz Morewedge ...

In this book, first published in 1973, Professor Parviz Morewedge, an expert on Islamic philosophy and mysticism, provides a critical exposition of one text of ibn Sina (Avicenna), the great Persian philosopher who lived from 980 to 1037. The text is his Metaphysica in the Danish Nama-I ‘ala’I (The Book of Scientific Knowledge). In addition to a translation of the text from Persian into English, ... Read more

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In this book, first published in 1973, Professor Parviz Morewedge, an expert on Islamic philosophy and mysticism, provides a critical exposition of one text of ibn Sina (Avicenna), the great Persian philosopher who lived from 980 to 1037. The text is his Metaphysica in the Danish Nama-I ‘ala’I (The Book of Scientific Knowledge). In addition to a translation of the text from Persian into English,
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Ordinary Saints

Women, Work, and Faith in Newfoundland

by Bonnie Morgan ...

Series Book 107 - McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
From their everyday work in kitchens and gardens to the solemn work of laying out the dead, the Anglican women of mid-twentieth-century Conception Bay, Newfoundland, understood and expressed Christianity through their experience as labourers within the family economy.Women's work in the region included outdoor agricultural labour, housekeeping, childbirth, mortuary services, food preparation, ... Read more

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From their everyday work in kitchens and gardens to the solemn work of laying out the dead, the Anglican women of mid-twentieth-century Conception Bay, Newfoundland, understood and expressed Christianity through their experience as labourers within the family economy.Women's work in the region included outdoor agricultural labour, housekeeping, childbirth, mortuary services, food preparation,
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Le vrai visage du judaïsme

by Jacob Kaplan, Marie-Pierre Bay, Dominique Bourel ...

Israël est à la fois une religion, une spiritualité, une culture et un État. JUDAÏSME-ISRAËL se propose de publier des rééditions de grands textes classiques épuisés ainsi que des ouvrages originaux porteurs de ce message multiple : études sur la Bible, le Talmud, la Kabbale, la philosophie religieuse et le messianisme juifs sous leurs divers aspects, l’aspiration bimillénaire à Sion et son ... Read more

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Israël est à la fois une religion, une spiritualité, une culture et un État. JUDAÏSME-ISRAËL se propose de publier des rééditions de grands textes classiques épuisés ainsi que des ouvrages originaux porteurs de ce message multiple : études sur la Bible, le Talmud, la Kabbale, la philosophie religieuse et le messianisme juifs sous leurs divers aspects, l’aspiration bimillénaire à Sion et son
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Biblical Basics

by Jason King ...

A brief study guide to the principle construction, themes and topics of the biblical story. Covers both Old and New Testaments. Suitable for group or individual study.A recommended introduction and prerequisite to the other comprehensive study guides by Smashwords author Jason King. ... Read more

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A brief study guide to the principle construction, themes and topics of the biblical story. Covers both Old and New Testaments. Suitable for group or individual study.A recommended introduction and prerequisite to the other comprehensive study guides by Smashwords author Jason King.
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Forward Together

A Moral Message for the Nation

by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Barbara Zelter ...

In the spring of 2013, seventeen people gathered at the North Carolina state legislature to protest extreme legislation passed by the General Assembly attacking health insurance, unemployment insurance, labor, and voting rights. The ministers, labor, and human rights activists began praying, singing, and chanting, and were ultimately arrested. That group grew into crowds of thousands at successive ... Read more

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In the spring of 2013, seventeen people gathered at the North Carolina state legislature to protest extreme legislation passed by the General Assembly attacking health insurance, unemployment insurance, labor, and voting rights. The ministers, labor, and human rights activists began praying, singing, and chanting, and were ultimately arrested. That group grew into crowds of thousands at successive
... Read more
The Thousand Buddhas

by Stein Aurel ...

The purpose of this publication is to place before students interested in Eastern art reproductions of select specimens from among the great collection of ancient Buddhist paintings which in the course of the explorations of my second Central-Asian journey, carried out in 1906–8 under the orders of the Government of India, I had the good fortune to recover from a walled-up chapel at the ‘Caves of ... Read more

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The purpose of this publication is to place before students interested in Eastern art reproductions of select specimens from among the great collection of ancient Buddhist paintings which in the course of the explorations of my second Central-Asian journey, carried out in 1906–8 under the orders of the Government of India, I had the good fortune to recover from a walled-up chapel at the ‘Caves of
... Read more
Radio Replies

Volume 1

by Rev. Fr. Leslie Rumble ...

Series series Radio replies
3 vols. 4,374 questions and answers on every conceivable aspect of the Catholic Faith by these intrepid preachers. Clear, succinct, uncompromising, powerful. Best refutation of Protestantism in print. Indexed. Very famous. ... Read more

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3 vols. 4,374 questions and answers on every conceivable aspect of the Catholic Faith by these intrepid preachers. Clear, succinct, uncompromising, powerful. Best refutation of Protestantism in print. Indexed. Very famous.
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Relationship with God - Faith & Prayer Session 1

Relationship With God, #20

by Jesus (AJ Miller), Mary Magdalene (Mary Luck) ...

Series Book 20 - Relationship With God
Jesus describes the qualities and attributes of faith; that faith is based upon facts, faith is based upon past experiences, how to develop faith through experimentation, and the most important areas in which to gain faith.Document source filename: 20130511 Relationship With God - Faith & Prayer S1.This ebook is a transcript of a seminar delivered by Jesus (AJ Miller) on 11th May 2013 in Murgon, ... Read more

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Jesus describes the qualities and attributes of faith; that faith is based upon facts, faith is based upon past experiences, how to develop faith through experimentation, and the most important areas in which to gain faith.Document source filename: 20130511 Relationship With God - Faith & Prayer S1.This ebook is a transcript of a seminar delivered by Jesus (AJ Miller) on 11th May 2013 in Murgon,
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World Religions and Cults Volume 3

Atheistic and Humanistic Religions

by Bodie Hodge, Roger Patterson ...

Series Book 3 - World Religions & Cults
This final book in the series focuses on the atheistic or humanistic type of religions. It would be one of the most valuable for the church in the Western World where anti-god and pro-evolution religions are beginning to explode, for it was written to refute those religions and show how they fail. Unlike most books on world religions, this title dives into the secular humanistic religions. The ... Read more

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This final book in the series focuses on the atheistic or humanistic type of religions. It would be one of the most valuable for the church in the Western World where anti-god and pro-evolution religions are beginning to explode, for it was written to refute those religions and show how they fail. Unlike most books on world religions, this title dives into the secular humanistic religions. The
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Communism, Nationalism and Ethnicity in Poland, 1944-1950

by Michael Fleming ...

Series series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944–1950. It shows that nationalism and nationality policy were fundamentally important in the consolidation of communist rule, acting as a crucial nexus through which different groups were both coerced and were able to consent to the new unfolding social and political order ... Read more

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This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944–1950. It shows that nationalism and nationality policy were fundamentally important in the consolidation of communist rule, acting as a crucial nexus through which different groups were both coerced and were able to consent to the new unfolding social and political order
... Read more
Deeper Into The Mystery

by Gary Cook ...

Journey Deeper into the Mystery of the sacred places of Aotearoa (New Zealand) with Gary Cook. as he takes you on an inspiring pilgrimage through the awesome landscapes of this land to twelve sacred sites in Aotearoa. Share his adventures and findings - natural and supernatural - along the way as he bears three gifts to each site. This book may well inspire you to go on your own nature pilgrimage. ... Read more

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Journey Deeper into the Mystery of the sacred places of Aotearoa (New Zealand) with Gary Cook. as he takes you on an inspiring pilgrimage through the awesome landscapes of this land to twelve sacred sites in Aotearoa. Share his adventures and findings - natural and supernatural - along the way as he bears three gifts to each site. This book may well inspire you to go on your own nature pilgrimage.
... Read more
Justinien

Le rêve d'un empire chrétien universel

by Pierre Maraval ...

Justinien devient empereur romain d’Orient en 527. Pendant près de quarante ans, le souverain de Constantinople poursuit un seul but : réformer, agrandir, unir son empire dans la même foi chrétienne et en faire la plus grande puissance du monde méditerranéen. Empereur « qui ne dort jamais », Justinien a unifié le droit avec le Code justinien et de nombreuses lois (les Novelles) ; il a été le ... Read more

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Justinien devient empereur romain d’Orient en 527. Pendant près de quarante ans, le souverain de Constantinople poursuit un seul but : réformer, agrandir, unir son empire dans la même foi chrétienne et en faire la plus grande puissance du monde méditerranéen. Empereur « qui ne dort jamais », Justinien a unifié le droit avec le Code justinien et de nombreuses lois (les Novelles) ; il a été le
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Illuminating the Way

Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics

by Christine Valters Paintner ...

Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will lead you to a deeper understanding of your strengths and areas of growth and will guide you on the path to your true spiritual identity.In Illuminating the Way, Christine ... Read more

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Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will lead you to a deeper understanding of your strengths and areas of growth and will guide you on the path to your true spiritual identity.In Illuminating the Way, Christine
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The Christian Book of Mystical Verses

by A. W. Tozer ...

2011 Reprint of 1963 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Selected and with an introduction and notes by A.W. Tozer. The purpose of this book is to bring together in one convenient volume some of the best devotional verse the English language affords, and thus to make available to present day Christians a rich spiritual heritage which ... Read more

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2011 Reprint of 1963 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Selected and with an introduction and notes by A.W. Tozer. The purpose of this book is to bring together in one convenient volume some of the best devotional verse the English language affords, and thus to make available to present day Christians a rich spiritual heritage which
... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

Edited by Stephen Bullivant, Michael Ruse ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology
Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight. This so-called New Atheism is arguably the most striking development in western socio-religious culture of the past decade or more. As such, it has spurred fertile (and often heated) discussions both within, and between, a diverse range of ... Read more

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Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight. This so-called New Atheism is arguably the most striking development in western socio-religious culture of the past decade or more. As such, it has spurred fertile (and often heated) discussions both within, and between, a diverse range of
... Read more
Frequently Asked Questions - Cults & Cult Leaders Session 1

FAQ, #17

by Jesus (AJ Miller), Mary Magdalene (Mary Luck) ...

Series Book 17 - FAQ
Jesus discusses issues such as what is the common definition of a cult, and whether Jesus is the leader of one.Document source filename: 20121113 FAQ - Cults S01This ebook is a collection of answers given by Jesus (AJ Miller) on the topic of cults and cult leaders. The answers were given in an interview with Mary Magdalene (Mary Luck), who posed frequently asked questions from members of the media ... Read more

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Jesus discusses issues such as what is the common definition of a cult, and whether Jesus is the leader of one.Document source filename: 20121113 FAQ - Cults S01This ebook is a collection of answers given by Jesus (AJ Miller) on the topic of cults and cult leaders. The answers were given in an interview with Mary Magdalene (Mary Luck), who posed frequently asked questions from members of the media
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